On Saturday it was 38 degrees and rainy all day. We went shopping and came right back to the apartment. It was cold! I did some laundry and just cuddle up on the couch. We prepared our FHE lesson and read the Sunday School lesson. One of the new missionaries (3 weeks out), Elder Platter got up and bore his testimony on Sunday. I was impressed. He knew the language very well and bore a beautiful testimony. And him and his companion blessed the sacrament also. There was a couple visiting from England in our branch and we talked with them for about 20 mins. Can't get enough of that British accent.
So Monday, I had to get everything done for the new couple coming in on Tuesday. We also received notice from the missionary dept. (finance) that they were going to equalize all of the Senior Couples apartment payments so there isn't such a discrepancy. Just like they did for the young missionaries back a long time ago. And I wanted to call Salt Lake to see if they could fix my problem of the missing missionaries. We spent all day working on the apartment equalization. We have one couple paying $1,176 and one couple paying $587. When we got everything put together, our average payment for any couple coming to Poland will be $938. Quite a jump for the low end couple, but it just seems right that we should be helping everyone out with living expenses. I didn't get anything accomplished for the new couple, nor did I call Salt Lake. We left at 4:30 pm for FHE. I just made a casserole and some carrot cake. During FHE, the Hutchinsons (Senior Couple from Katowice) showed up. They had served here in Warszawa. In fact, they are the ones that we replaced in the office. Sister Hutchinson's 2 sisters came over to visit and they had just picked them up from the airport. It was a fun evening for everyone.
Tuesday morning, I had to work fast to get things done for the Kowalskis. They came about 12:30. Poor Elder Kowalski. He was very, very tired. We tried to go over everything with them, but they just kept asking the same questions and so we gave them the basics and they left with President and Sister Edgren.
Here's their picture. I still remember how I felt that day we arrived. It's not pretty!
He said they requested to come to Poland so they could possibly do some family history also. They will be going to Wroclaw (where we started out)
Tuesday after they left, I decided to call the church to see if they could help me find my missing missionaries. I talked to Germany first and he didn't understand, so he said he would call the missionary department for me and see if they would call and help me. They did call and I guess I've done a "first". They couldn't figure out what to do, so they said they would call me back in a couple of days. I hope they don't have to put everything in from scratch, because I will feel really bad. But I've learned not to press the delete button. It means just that - DELETE!!!!!
We had a wonderful English class. We read the talk by Wirthlin when he told about his football experiences and how he had to face a huge player on the opposing team. And when the quarterback threw the ball to him, he could hear this big kid barreling down on him and he took his eyes off the ball. Everyone enjoyed the lesson and talked about it for the rest of class.
If you get a chance go on to lds.org and look under the Country and Area Page, then click on Europe and then Polska. In the archive section there is a picture of some of our missionaries singing in a Catholic Church and Elder Vernon being able to play the huge organ of the church. It was really neat.
Well, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY everyone. We hope you have a wonderful day, free from stress and the cares of the world. We love you and miss you.
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